Recent content by Dan416

In general, the Finch West LRT had a lot more support on Urban Toronto versus Eglinton, where LRT was more begrudgingly accepted, back in the day. However the line was built, LRT was always the technology that made sense for Finch, as it really doesn't justify a subway. And with the Sheppard...

Just walking by around noon figured I'd snap a pic from this angle. If I'm counting correctly, they're at 12 storeys.

Mine aren't that interesting, just took a couple while walking by this afternoon. Didn't realize someone already posted this week.

The top is cute. Everything below that looks awful. Just looks like a horrible mish-mash of design. If the whole building had that temple aesthetic maybe I'd like it more. But I'm very surprised people are liking this proposal. As is, I think it's atrocious.

A huge difference is stop spacing, which is on average every 600-650 m on Finch W, and every 850 m on Hurontario. So we'll see how big a difference that makes....in a couple year lol. Line Approx. Length Stops Average Stop Spacing 5 Eglinton ~19 km 25 ~500–850 m* 6 Finch West ~10.3 km 18...

I work at 1 Dundas, and it's already full enough in my opinion. I have overheard people in the elevators talk about being brought back to the office (either 4 or 5 days a week, not sure). Not sure where they were working though. TMU has a good chunk of space in the building though, I think they...

For reference, here's an example of where CF has recently removed the Toronto Eaton Centre signs from the former Queen Street HBC building. Looks like they're all removed now. They've left the HBC signs untouched.

CF has sold quite a few malls over the years: -Erin Mills (Mississauga) -Fairview Park Mall (Kitchener) -Promenades St Bruno (Montreal) -Champlain Place (Dieppe) -Promenade (Thornhill) -Lime Ridge (Hamilton) It would be odd for them to sell this particular building, especially with the bridge...

Not were if this means something, but I noticed that the CF Toronto Eaton Centre signs that were added on top of the Hudson’s Bay Company signs on the former Queen Street store were in the process of being removed. When I walked by this morning, I saw a man walking away with one of the signs...

The thing is, the problem is solvable. It's just a matter of political will. So if the politicians don't have the will to do it, they should be voted out in favour of politicians who will increase the speed of the Finch Line and the rest of the streetcar system.

No one is defending poor decisions. We should be critical of poor decisions. But aside from venting on Urban Toronto, what have you done? Have you called the mayor's office? Written her a letter or email? How about your local councillor or MPP? Have you complained to Doug Ford? Have you...

I love that the site plan shows "future transitway" and doesn't mention the existing highway 407 that is currently there.

This regulatory nonsense reminds me of the city of Toronto / TTC's policies which result in Finch West and the whole streetcar system being underwhelmingly slow for no reason. In the case of the rail operation environment in the GTA, I get that there are legitimate safety concerns, but I am...

Kinda sad that Toronto gets mentioned in the Guardian, and it's about our abysmally slow streetcars. Really, really hoping this results in true signal priority for the whole streetcar network.

I asked ChatGPT for the stop spacing of lines 5, 6 and 10 and the below table is from it: Line Approx. Length Stops Average Stop Spacing 5 Eglinton ~19 km 25 ~500–850 m* 6 Finch West ~10.3 km 18 ~600–650 m 10 Hurontario ~18 km 19 ~850 m Based on the stop spacing on Hurontario being...